| Title | Reoccurrence of the Umpqua chub (Oregonichthys kalawatseti) in the North Umpqua after almost a century |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Penaluna, Brooke E., and Loretta Ellenburg |
| Secondary Title | Northwestern Naturalist |
| Volume | 100 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pagination | p.208-210 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | depleted populations, endangered species, geographic distribution, Hestness Park, North Umpqua River, predation, Smallmouth Bass = Micropterus dolomieu, Umpqua chub = Oregonichthys kalawatseti |
| Notes | The Umpqua chub is a small minnow unique to the Umpqua Basin, and historically has been an important part of the basin’s food web. For 93 years, however, it was not found in the North Umpqua River Basin. That changed in 2019, when, in one day, 34 Umpqua chub were captured in a trap downstream from Winchester Dam. Does this discovery show that the chubs were simply missed in previous surveys, does it show seasonal movement, or does it represent a genuine extension of the range of the little fish? Stay tuned… |
| DOI | 10.1898/1051-1733-100.3.208 |
